Java Parse Date Pattern YYYY parse(String original)

Description

Parses strings the way that CVS supports it...

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static Calendar parse(String original) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;

public class Main {
    private static DateFormat[] dateFormats = {
            //3/31/92 10:00:07 PST
            new SimpleDateFormat("M/dd/yy h:mm:ss z"),
            //January 23, 1987 10:05pm
            new SimpleDateFormat("MMM d, yyyy h:mm a"),
            //22:00 GMT
            new SimpleDateFormat("h:mm z") };

    /**
     * Parses strings the way that CVS supports it... very human readable
     */
    public static Calendar parse(String original) {
        return parse(original, Locale.getDefault());
    }

    /**
     * Parses strings the way that CVS supports it... very human readable
     */
    public static Calendar parse(String original, Locale locale) {
        //Get the symbol names
        DateFormatSymbols symbols = new DateFormatSymbols(locale);

        //Prep the string to parse
        String value = original.toLowerCase().trim();

        //Get the current date/time
        Calendar now = Calendar.getInstance();
        if (value.endsWith(" ago")) {
            //If this was a date that was "ago" the current time...
            //Strip out the ' ago' part
            value = value.substring(0, value.length() - 4);

            //Split the value and unit
            int start = value.indexOf(" ");
            if (start < 0) {
                throw new RuntimeException("Could not find space in between value and unit");
            }
            String unit = value.substring(start + 1);
            value = value.substring(0, start);
            //We support "a week", so we need to parse the value as "a"
            int val = 0;
            if (value.equals("a") || value.equals("an")) {
                val = 1;
            } else {
                val = Integer.parseInt(value);
            }

            //Determine the unit
            if (unit.equals("milliseconds") || unit.equals("millisecond")) {
                now.add(Calendar.MILLISECOND, -val);
            } else if (unit.equals("seconds") || unit.equals("second")) {
                now.add(Calendar.SECOND, -val);
            } else if (unit.equals("minutes") || unit.equals("minute")) {
                now.add(Calendar.MINUTE, -val);
            } else if (unit.equals("hours") || unit.equals("hour")) {
                now.add(Calendar.HOUR, -val);
            } else if (unit.equals("days") || unit.equals("day")) {
                now.add(Calendar.DATE, -val);
            } else if (unit.equals("weeks") || unit.equals("week")) {
                now.add(Calendar.DATE, -val * 7);
            } else if (unit.equals("fortnights") || unit.equals("fortnight")) {
                now.add(Calendar.DATE, -val * 14);
            } else if (unit.equals("months") || unit.equals("month")) {
                now.add(Calendar.MONTH, -val);
            } else if (unit.equals("years") || unit.equals("year")) {
                now.add(Calendar.YEAR, -val);
            } else {
                throw new RuntimeException("We do not understand that many units ago");
            }
            return now;
        } else if (value.startsWith("last ")) {
            //If this was the last time a certain field was met
            //Strip out the 'last ' part
            value = value.substring(5);
            //Get the current date/time
            String[] strings = symbols.getWeekdays();
            for (int i = 0; i < strings.length; i++) {
                if (value.equalsIgnoreCase(strings[i])) {
                    //How many days after Sunday
                    int daysAgo = now.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK) - i;
                    if (daysAgo <= 0) {
                        daysAgo += 7;
                    }
                    now.add(Calendar.DATE, -daysAgo);
                    return now;
                }
            }
            strings = symbols.getMonths();
            for (int i = 0; i < strings.length; i++) {
                if (value.equalsIgnoreCase(strings[i])) {
                    //How many days after January
                    int monthsAgo = now.get(Calendar.MONTH) - i;
                    if (monthsAgo <= 0) {
                        monthsAgo += 12;
                    }
                    now.add(Calendar.MONTH, -monthsAgo);
                    return now;
                }
            }
            if (value.equals("week")) {
                now.add(Calendar.DATE, -7);
                return now;
            }
        } else if (value.equals("yesterday")) {
            now.add(Calendar.DATE, -1);
            return now;
        } else if (value.equals("tomorrow")) {
            now.add(Calendar.DATE, 1);
            return now;
        }
        //Try to parse the date a number of different ways
        for (int i = 0; i < dateFormats.length; i++) {
            try {
                Date datetime = dateFormats[i].parse(original);
                Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
                cal.setTime(datetime);
                return cal;
            } catch (ParseException pe) {
                //we ignore this and just keep trying
            }
        }

        throw new RuntimeException("Unable to parse '" + original + "'.");
    }
}

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